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Representing Tories
on local eastern turf
By Daniel Silverton
CONSERVATIVE Party candidate
Paul Young will be a third of the
way through his political career at
this year’s general election on Sep-
tember 20.
Mr Young is challenging incum-
bent Member of Parliament Jami-
Lee Ross for the Botany electorate,
and seeking the party vote for Colin
Craig’s Conservatives.
It’s the fourth political cam-
paign for the 50-year-old business
owner.
He ran for the New Citizen Party
in the 2011 Botany by-election to
replace Pansy Wong, placing third
with 1572 votes.
When the New Citizen Party,
which he helped found, was dis-
banded prior to the 2011 general
election, he was invited to join the
Conservative Party.
He placed third again, increas-
ing his personal tally to 2021 votes,
while the Conservatives received
724 party votes.
He agreed to link with Mr Craig
and the Conservatives after realis-
ing the party shared similar poli-
cies to the ones he implemented for
New Citizens.
“In the last 15 years, personally
I think New Zealand is not like it
was 25 years ago,” he says.
“The country’s core values of
family, education and discipline
have disappeared.
“People keep saying business is
growing, but I see more small busi-
nesses closing.”
In last year’s Auckland Council
local-body poll, Mr Young again
improved his tally, placing sev-
enth in the Botany subdivision of
the Howick Local Board with 2733
votes.
The father-of-two immigrated to
New Zealand from Taiwan in 1989
and operates a number of business
ventures, including WOW Digital
Images in Meadowlands for the
past 18 years.
A former National Party voter,
Mr Young became involved in poli-
tics to give a voice to the immigrant
community.
His first priority is ensuring peo-
ple new to the country take part in
the political process for the best
chance of having their concerns
heard.
“If you want people to listen, the
first thing you should do is enrol
and vote.
“Immigrants need to integrate
and engage. If there is a low voting
rate, the politicians will think you
don’t care.
“If I can [help] immigrants, if we
can lift them up, it is good for the
whole country.”
After working for seven days
a week for the past 24 years, Mr
Young now closes his business on
Fridays to allow time for his politi-
cal aspirations.
“I want an opportunity to help
people,” he says.
“A successful person is not how
much money you have in the bank
or how much property you have, it
is how many people you can help.”
He believes MPs should stand
for a maximum of three terms con-
secutively, and accordingly has put
a limit on his time in politics.
“I will only spend 12 years in
politics, no matter whether I get
into Parliament or not. This is my
fourth year.”
If elected, he plans to address
the issues of transport and law and
order in the Botany area.
“Traffic is a headache. If people
work in the city, they have traffic
on the motorway and traffic before
getting on the motorway.
“It needs to be sorted out or else
we will be isolated.”
He’s intending to run a friendly
campaign, focusing on his party’s
policies.
“I don’t like attacking my com-
petitors,” he says. “People will see
who is honest.”
ELECTIONS
2014
Paul Young is back as a Conservative
Party candidate, this time for the
Botany seat in the general election.
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